Styrofoam and Drinking Straw Puppets

One of the hardest things about crafts is that some of them require a lot of adult help, but there are some out there that require a limited amount of help. It is these crafts that preschoolers love to do because it gives them that independent feeling. Here are some great craft ideas for preschoolers; you can also do them with children who are bit older.

Styrofoam & Drinking Straw Puppets

Materials

Clean Styrofoam trays – if you can find coilored trays they make for great puppets Scissors Drinking straws Pens, gel pens, or markers Tape Googly eyes Construction paper to make the details for the face Glue stick

Instructions

Go to http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/puppets/styrostraw/ to print out the template for the butterfly puppet or you can draw it freehand

Clean a Styrofoam tray with warm water and detergent

Use a pen and trace the template of the butterfly onto the Styrofoam tray or draw the butterfly outline yourself

Cut out the butterfly

For the details of the butterfly draw them with a pen or cut them out of construction paper and glue them to the Styrofoam butterfly

Make sure to glue on your googly eyes

Tape the back of your Styrofoam butterfly to the end of a drinking straw